IN THE MATTER OF CLAIM OF WILLIAMS


20 A.D.3d 636 (2005)

798 N.Y.S.2d 546

In the Matter of the Claim of MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 7, 2005.


In February 2002, claimant was hired as a teacher's aide by a school district to work with special needs students at a high school. Pursuant to New York law, her employment was conditioned upon a satisfactory criminal background check. In April 2003, the district was advised by the Department of Education that claimant's criminal background check was unsatisfactory and she was denied clearance. Based upon the Department's denial, the district was compelled to terminate claimant...

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